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March 30 1926.

c. R.. MARTINEAU CHECK PROTECTING DEVICE Filed ma a, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1

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CER. MARTINEAU CHECK rgowsqwigc DEVICE Filed may 6",1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inerz for /M WMM) Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

V CLARENCE n. MARTINEAU, or ALBANZINEW. YORK.

QEE KQRQTEGMIW PEY QE- To all whom it may cancer-n: I

Be it known that I,'C nARENoE,R. l\ lnn'r1- NEAU, a citizen of the United States,res1cling at Albany, in the county of Albenylancl Stete of New York, have iriyentecl'new and useful Improvements in Check-Protecting Devices, of which the f ollowing'is e, speci ficetion. I V

Reference may be had to. the accompany:

ing drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a partofthis speclfication. Snnllar characters :refer to similar parts in the sever al figures therein.

The principal object of this inYention is to render evidentuponcasualinspection the tampering with a. check, seal, 1ne1i1ora'ndun1 or the like.

Other objects will eijpez r in connection with the following description.

Fig. 1 is a iew in front elex ation of my imp ved heck-lnfetecting d vi e-j j Y Fig- 2 i s m l Yiew with he o r o the enclosure partly broken away.

7 Fig.3 is. al horiz'ontel'cross section of the same taken on the broken line-3+3. in Fig. 2. Fig.4 is 'a yerticzi-l crosssect-ion taken on the broken Line'4"4; in'Fig. 2.

' Fig. 5 is 21- irertictil cross seetiontaken on.

the broken line 5 5 in'Figf. g

6.is avertrcal cross section taken on the broken line in Flg. 2-.

' Fig. 7 is e Yfei in per'snectiveiot a check,

seal or memorandum adept-ed to be'prote'cted by h c ani ms shown." ielil gsinclusive. 7 1 7 I g V Fig. 8 is a similar View ofthe check after renioval fro nt'he protecting mechanism." 7

Referring to the d rz wiiigs wherein'the invention is shown in form, 1 is. an enclosure hevingjaycover, 1 secured to the; body of the enclosure by screws, 2-, the

heads of which are concealed, or other ineenswvhereby the cover cannot be readily Y removed.

The'enclosure is provided with an inspection opening, 3, end with an inlet opening, 4;,ancl'an outlet open ng, 5,21t'0pp0s1teT ends of a path or passzigewiiy'through the loj ctrtetl in such p ss gewa s subject to'inf eiiclosure fore check, 6,"wl iereby 3; check rec ion thr ght ereeiee;

Iii s id. millet the k re qf e mounted one or .more I p,

1s te i lie pp et ee fi MW 6 tually enga in beveled 1 toothetl Qf efes for'tlie protectio 192 5.. Se ial n 2 23 ,330.

' wheels, 7 21nd 8 the members of each pair being on opposite sides of" path.

.The toothed-wheel or 'wheels,] 7, are mounted nponfa shatt,9,'rotetor ,tQQtllQfil-Wlififi l wheels, 8, (ire .12 1 a. shaf 1 j'ote er 1 1 e rin s n he well of the enclosure,

1 The. t ot e evh ls, 7 nd socizrtec'l with one enotl1er-that one; of the pair serves t tlriVe the other,particnlg rly 7 when a check, 6,is interposed betwee 'i the nf;

[and when thus driven they serve both to feed the check between'the.wheels and to inntilate the check by engagementfof the teet-h 1 ereb th shaft 3 n. e' e etedi n one d re ti nieely b m a s 102?. t e ek, mid. t i i s t b s "t [f ed iv he betw en nd ym ans fhe-we he l ls.

outlet opening, 5, the enclosnre: I

By the term check or the l ke, linertn a.

strip otmeterinl bearing inclic'ia identify-J1 ing, or pecnliarwto, tlie per-ticnle rchecli oi group or-"se' r iesofi likecheeks; and such. a check maybe inthe' forin ofe seal, memo- Y raiicl'um or other stripbearingthenecessaiy infoi mation' to gicl'a'pt t "for Intended pur- 9 pose or' use.

8, ere-so 7, 8;, twin t e inlet. open ng, oward the. Y

Snitabjlei ineterlal for siich. a check is a strip .ofI sheet metal snchas tinnsheetjbrass or tlie like, end this niayfbe provided thefclesired mehcm by pnnting, embossing,

perforating or in any other known manner.. 1

11'1- nsing nydmproyetl protecting. device is inserted throngh Y the, inlet opening, Of thej enclosnfre, Y opposite theinspection Y the identifying ietrel sfio- 13. engine i f' such a. check; the? check Y Y n 1: co

opening, 3, into engagement with; the toothed wheels, 7fand 8, which are rotated by means of the crank, 16,'to feedtthe checkbetween said wheels toward the outlet opening, '5, un- 'til" the check is drawn'entirely within the enclosure and into such a position thatthe number 2 1E678 and the letters [G R; M., are

. visible through the inspectionlopening, 3.

As the portion of the'checkor strip which has thus passed between the wheels,7 and 8,

is by the action of the teeth o'n'. said wheels mutilated and portions of. the strip forced fl11t0 the groovesbetween neighboring teeth on tlie respective wheels and as the wheels can be o'peratedby the crank, 16, only in a direction to feed the strip toward: the out let opening, 5, it will be seen that the strip cannot be removed from 'the enclosure except by continuing the feeding movement between the toothed'wheels until theentire strip has 7 passed therebetween, and can be withdrawn through the outlet opening, 5. V I

A check or stripthus passed through and out of the enclosure will be mutilated by the teeth on the wheels, 7' and 8, to such an extent that "it cannot again be used for its 7 original purpose, and no similar unmutilated check can} withoutdetection be substituted within the enclosure for the check which has been thus mutilated unless bearing the same indicia.

If a similar check bearing different in- [dioia be substituted forja check which has been reinoved'in mutilated form from the enclosure, the substitution will be readily detected upon inspection and com'parison'of thejindicia with a'preserved record of the same.

Toren der futile any attempt towitl'idraw a substantial portion of the check or strip through the inlet, opening, 4, I have mounted upon the enclosure wall through which the inlet opening, fl, is formed, an angle lever pivoted at 17, one arm, 18, ofwhich is movable across the inlet opening, 4c, andthe other farm, 19,01 whiclris in the form of; a fork in engagement withla crank-pin,l20, carried by a' crank disk,-21, fixed upon the shaft, 13.

vThe arrangement ofthe parts is such that as the rear end or the check or strip is drawn thIOLiglith inlet opening, 4, and

past the arm, 18,,ofthe angle lever, said arm of the angle lever will. be automatically moved across the inlet opening, 4, to J close I the same as indicated by dotted: lines in r Fig. 0.

The inspection opening, '3, is preferably closed bya body or plate, 22,0f glassvor other transparent material. v

The forward end of'the strip orcheck in passing throughthe enclosure may be direc-ted towardthe outlet opening, 5, bymeans of gulde fingers, 23, loosely mounted on the l respective sh'a-fts,i 9- andlO, between which guide-fingers the check. orlstrip is drawn pose above set forth.

by the feed movement the wheels, 7 and 8. The device above described maybe used if desired merely for the preservation or protection of a described; n e

In combination with the check, the device check or the like as above ;may 'be used to prevent the' unauthorized release or removal of locking members of movable within the enclosure, 1, transversely of the path of the check or strip, 6, and pro: vided with an opening, 28, adapted to receive the body of the check orstrip, 6, when the bolt is in looking position.

In this use of the device, after the bolt the inlet openings, of the enclosure and the opening, 28, in" the boltinto feeding engagement with the toothed-wheels, 7 and 8, after whichthe check, 6, serves to lock the bolt,

27, against withdrawal of the hasp, 26, without destroying the checkand as above explained the check cannot be removed without mutilation which destroys it for its original use. 1 V y Y After the bolt, 27, has beenthuslocked, an

inspection through the opening, 3,'will readi-- 'ly reveal the absence of a check, a check in broken condition, or substitution for the has been slid into lecking engagement'with the hasp, 26, the check, 6, is inserted through original. check of a similar} check bearing different indicia.

, The mutilating mechanism may be of any 7 known form adapted for ldestroyingzthe identifying character of theioriginal check, insubstantially.themanner and for the pun I do notwish to be limited to the construc- 'tions shown and abovedescribed, as, for certain purposes of the IIHYEDUOD, various "changes may" be-made 1n the form andarrangement of various parts of the device within the scope of the claims without de-' parting from the spiritiof the invention.

' lov What I claim as new'and desire to secure;

by Letters Patent is- 1. In a device of the class describedeand in combination, an enclosure provided withv an inspection opening, and with an inlet passageway and an outlet passageway at opposite ends of a path for a check through the enclosure past; said, inspection opening;

check-feeding and 'mutila'ting means operable in one (111130131011 only n said path of the check; andfmeans within the enclosure automatically moved by the movement of the check-feeding mechanism 7 to obstructv said inlet passageway; g

combination, an enclosure provided with an inspection opening, and with an inlet passageway and an outlet passageway at opposite ends of a path for a check through the enclosure past said inspection opening; check-mutilating means in said pathof the check; and locking mechanism including a movable member projecting interiorly of the enclosure and provided with an opening in the path of, and lockingly engageable with the check. i

3. In a device of theclassdescribed and in combination, an enclosure provided with an inspection opening closed by a transparent body, and with an inlet passageway and an outlet passageway at opposite ends of a path for a check through the enclosure past said inspection opening; check-mutilating means in said path of the check; and locking mechanism including a movable member projecting interiorly of the enclosure and provided with an opening in the path of, and lockingly engageable with, the

* check.

4. In a device of the class described and in combination, an enclosure provided with an inspection opening, and with an inlet a passageway and an outlet passageway at.

opposite ends of .a path for a check'through the enclosure past said inspection opening; check-feeding and mutilating means operable in one direction only in said path of the check; and locking mechanism including a movable memberflockably engaged withinthe enclosure by a check occupying said path.

5. Ina device of the class described and in combination, an'enclosure provided with an inspection openin and with an inlet passageway and an outlet passageway at opposite ends'of a pa'thffor a check through the enclosure, past said inspection opening;

check-feeding and ,mutilating means oper-x able in one direction only in saidv path of the l 1 v check; means within the enclosure automatically moved by the movement of the check-feeding mechanism to obstruct said inlet passageway; and locking mechanism including a movable member lockablv engaged within the enclosure by a-check occupying said path.

In testimony whereofpl have hereunto. set myhand this 27th day'of A ril, 1925;

' CLARENCE R. MART NEAU. 

